Monday May 10, 1971
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

American League batting statistics through games of May 10, 1971:

   Club          AB    R     H    2B   3B   HR   RBI   SB   CS   BB    SO   Avg
Minnesota       1044  136   291   55    3   18   125   14    6   92   140  .279
Boston           905  138   237   49    4   25   128    9    4  132   134  .262
Kansas City     1010  113   256   40    6   14   110   22   10  108   175  .254
New York         906  106   226   29   10   16   102   19   12  114    94  .249
Chicago          946   92   235   40    4   17    84   12   14   83   134  .248
Detroit          944  112   227   36    4   25    99   13   10   97   155  .241
Baltimore        919  117   215   31    3   21   112    9    7  116   150  .234
Oakland         1050  137   245   49    1   27   123   20   13  140   210  .233
Washington       947  101   212   32    9   13    94    8    9  101   162  .224
California      1061  108   230   48    3   22   102   12    5  100   154  .217
Milwaukee        869   72   186   22    5   14    68   10    5   85   158  .214
Cleveland        927   83   196   29    3   14    78   16    4   92   138  .211

 Batting Leaders         G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva (MIN)         28  118   25   48  10   1   9   19   2   1    6    7  .407
Harmon Killebrew (MIN)   28  107   14   36   8   0   3   25   2   1   15   20  .336
Cookie Rojas (KC)        30  116   17   39   8   0   1   12   5   1   12    8  .336
Paul Schaal (KC)         30   96   17   32   4   3   1    9   2   0   21    7  .333
Jim Northrup (DET)       28  109   21   36   8   1   3   21   5   2   15    4  .330
Bobby Murcer (NY)        27  100   14   33   4   2   3   16   4   1   15    9  .330
George Scott (BOS)       24   93   10   30   5   1   3   13   0   1   10   20  .323
Carl Yastrzemski (BOS)   27   92   25   29   7   1   4   21   2   1   26    6  .315
Reggie Smith (BOS)       27  108   18   34   7   0   5   19   1   1   13   12  .315
Don Buford (BAL)         22   82   22   25   3   0   3    9   5   1   15    8  .305

 Baltimore            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Jerry Davanon          4    3    2    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    1  .333
Don Buford            22   82   22   25   3   0   3    9   5   1   15    8  .305
Davey Johnson         27  101   12   30   5   1   4   19   0   0    7    9  .297
Frank Robinson        24   81    8   23   4   0   1   11   1   0    9    6  .284
Tom Shopay            10   11    2    3   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    1  .273
Brooks Robinson       28  105   14   27   1   0   2    9   0   0   11   13  .257
Mark Belanger         27   87   13   22   6   0   0    5   0   3   17    8  .253
Andy Etchebarren      12   36    2    8   0   0   1    3   0   2    3   11  .222
Paul Blair            27  102   12   22   4   1   1   11   2   0    7   17  .216
Boog Powell           27  100   15   21   5   0   7   24   0   0   18   13  .210
Merv Rettenmund       20   56    5   11   0   1   1    8   1   1   13   16  .196
Ellie Hendricks       17   56    3    8   3   0   0    4   0   0    5    7  .143
Clay Dalrymple         4    8    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .125
Chico Salmon           8   14    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .071
Curt Motton            3    3    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .000

 Boston               G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Phil Gagliano          5    2    3    2   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0 1.000
Joe Lahoud            18   18    3    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .333
Don Pavletich          8   15    2    5   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    2  .333
George Scott          24   93   10   30   5   1   3   13   0   1   10   20  .323
Carl Yastrzemski      27   92   25   29   7   1   4   21   2   1   26    6  .315
Reggie Smith          27  108   18   34   7   0   5   19   1   1   13   12  .315
Billy Conigliaro      25   94   12   28   6   0   4   13   3   0   11   16  .298
John Kennedy          10   14    6    4   1   1   0    0   0   0    3    3  .286
Duane Josephson       26   90   10   22   4   0   2    9   1   0    9   10  .244
Rico Petrocelli       27   96   11   22   4   0   2   16   0   0   23   17  .229
Doug Griffin          27   90   12   20   4   1   0    2   1   0    9    9  .222
Luis Aparicio         23   99   15   21   6   0   3   17   1   0    9    9  .212
George Thomas          4    7    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .143
Mike Fiore            13   18    0    0   0   0   0    1   0   1    6    5  .000

 California           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Stephenson       14   27    3   11   3   0   0    4   0   0    1    2  .407
Roger Repoz           21   40   10   12   3   0   3   10   0   2   17    5  .300
Tony Gonzalez         17   21    3    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    4    5  .286
Chico Ruiz            12    7    3    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    4  .286
Tony Conigliaro       30  106   11   28   9   0   2    7   1   0   10   16  .264
Alex Johnson          32  133   10   34   4   0   1    8   4   1    5   20  .256
Syd O'Brien           18   50   10   12   3   1   2    9   0   1    3    6  .240
Jim Fregosi           25   76    5   18   4   0   1    9   0   0   10    9  .237
Ken McMullen          32  110    9   26   5   0   3    9   1   0   11   14  .236
Billy Cowan           11    9    0    2   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    2  .222
Jerry Moses           25   75    6   15   2   0   3    8   0   0    2   14  .200
Sandy Alomar          32  133   11   25   4   2   0   12   5   1   11   14  .188
Jim Spencer           32  116   15   21   4   0   5    9   0   0   13   12  .181
Ken Berry             28   70    5   10   4   0   1    3   1   0    7    6  .143
Jeff Torborg          13   14    1    1   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .071

 Chicago              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Lee Maye              10   11    1    5   2   0   0    3   0   0    3    1  .455
Rich Morales          15   18    2    7   1   0   0    3   0   0    1    2  .389
Rich McKinney         20   49    2   18   2   0   0    5   0   0    6    4  .367
Bill Melton           28  100    9   29   7   1   2   10   2   1   11   19  .290
Mike Andrews          27   89    9   25   7   0   2   12   2   1   13    7  .281
Carlos May            28  109   11   30   2   2   2   15   4   1    8   12  .275
Ed Herrmann           23   57    8   15   1   0   3    8   0   0    9    4  .263
Rick Reichardt        23   82    6   21   3   0   3    8   1   3    4    9  .256
Walt Williams         23   51    5   13   2   0   1    2   1   1    3    3  .255
Lee Richard           26   96   12   23   3   1   0    4   1   4    4   11  .240
Jay Johnstone         24   81   12   19   3   0   3    6   0   0   10    9  .235
Tom Egan              12   31    3    7   4   0   1    4   0   0    2   16  .226
Luis Alvarado         16   40    3    9   0   0   0    0   0   1    1    3  .225
Ed Stroud             21   56    8    8   2   0   0    0   1   2    6    6  .143
Chuck Brinkman         5    9    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .111
Mike Hershberger       1    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Cleveland            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Chuck Hinton          17   28    3    8   1   0   0    3   0   0    2    5  .286
Gomer Hodge           22   21    2    6   2   0   0    6   0   0    3    4  .286
Ray Fosse             27  100   13   28   4   1   2    9   0   0   10   12  .280
Ted Uhlaender         23   59    6   15   2   0   0    5   1   1    3    5  .254
Ken Suarez             4   12    1    3   2   0   0    2   0   0    1    0  .250
Vada Pinson           27  107    8   26   4   0   1    7  10   0    7   10  .243
Larry Brown           13   50    4   11   1   0   0    5   0   0    3    3  .220
Ted Ford              22   60    4   13   1   0   2    7   2   2    4   12  .217
Jack Heidemann        13   44    4    9   1   0   0    1   0   0    2   11  .205
Eddie Leon            23   64    6   13   1   0   0    2   0   0    6   11  .203
Ken Harrelson         26   89    7   17   2   0   2    8   1   0   12   12  .191
Roy Foster            19   45    2    8   0   1   2    4   1   0    2    6  .178
Graig Nettles         28   92   10   15   2   0   4   11   0   0   22    7  .163
Buddy Bradford        20   38    4    6   2   1   0    3   0   0    6   10  .158
Lou Camilli           10    7    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
John Lowenstein       21   57    7    8   2   0   1    3   1   1    7    7  .140

 Detroit              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Dalton Jones          12   14    1    6   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .429
Jim Northrup          28  109   21   36   8   1   3   21   5   2   15    4  .330
Bill Freehan          26   92    8   26   5   0   4    8   1   2    9   14  .283
Norm Cash             18   59   11   16   2   1   6   10   1   0   10    7  .271
Al Kaline             23   80   13   21   4   0   0    4   0   2   21   16  .263
Mickey Stanley        21   66    8   17   2   0   0    3   0   0    4    7  .258
Gates Brown           11   21    3    5   0   0   0    1   2   0    1    2  .238
Aurelio Rodriguez     28  109    8   25   3   0   2    9   3   0    6   19  .229
Ed Brinkman           28   98    6   21   4   0   0    6   0   1    7    8  .214
Willie Horton         24   91    8   19   3   0   5   15   0   3    6   20  .209
Dick McAuliffe        28  114   16   23   4   1   4   15   1   0   10   18  .202
Jim Price              6   12    0    2   1   0   0    1   0   0    0    1  .167
Ike Brown              7    7    1    1   0   0   1    2   0   0    0    2  .143
Kevin Collins          8    7    1    1   0   1   0    0   0   0    0    3  .143
Cesar Gutierrez        6    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Kansas City          G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Cookie Rojas          30  116   17   39   8   0   1   12   5   1   12    8  .336
Paul Schaal           30   96   17   32   4   3   1    9   2   0   21    7  .333
Jerry May             11   31    2   10   3   0   1    9   0   0    3    8  .323
Amos Otis             27  108   15   32   5   0   5   15   9   1    9   15  .296
Dennis Paepke         14   31    1    8   3   0   0    3   0   0    2    4  .258
Freddie Patek         30  128   13   33   5   1   0    8   5   2   12   16  .258
Gail Hopkins          13   16    1    4   0   1   1    4   0   0    2    1  .250
Buck Martinez          3    4    0    1   0   0   0    1   0   1    1    2  .250
Ed Kirkpatrick        26   89   11   21   3   0   2   14   0   0   12   19  .236
Bob Oliver            30  117   12   27   3   0   3   12   0   0    4   30  .231
Lou Piniella          24   88   11   20   3   1   0   10   1   1    7   10  .227
Joe Keough            22   72    8   15   2   0   0    4   0   3    8    4  .208
Carl Taylor           17   35    3    7   0   0   0    3   0   1    5   12  .200
Bobby Knoop            8    6    0    1   1   0   0    2   0   0    2    3  .167
Rich Severson          1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000

 Milwaukee            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Ron Theobald          10   10    3    4   0   0   0    1   1   0    2    1  .400
Johnny Briggs         14   45    4   12   2   0   1    3   1   0    3   10  .267
Ellie Rodriguez       16   45    3   12   3   0   0    4   0   1    3    5  .267
Dave May              26   90   11   23   4   1   2    8   3   2    7    9  .256
Floyd Wicker           6    4    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    0  .250
Mike Hegan            25   74    8   18   2   1   2    5   1   1    9   12  .243
Danny Walton          18   38    5    9   1   0   2    7   0   0    6   11  .237
Andy Kosco            14   39    3    9   2   1   1    9   0   0    5    7  .231
Ted Kubiak            25   83    6   19   1   2   0    4   0   1    9    6  .229
Rick Auerbach         18   49    3   11   1   0   0    4   0   0    4   11  .225
Bill Voss             23   74    6   16   0   0   3    7   0   0    4   10  .216
Phil Roof             18   47    2   10   1   0   0    1   0   0    4   12  .213
Roberto Pena          19   52    5   11   2   0   1    4   1   0    5    7  .212
Ted Savage            14   17    2    3   0   0   0    1   1   0    5    4  .177
Tommy Harper          26  103    8   16   2   0   1    5   2   0   11   22  .155
Bernie Smith          15   36    1    5   1   0   1    3   0   0    0    5  .139
Pete Koegel            2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    2    2  .000

 Minnesota            G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Tony Oliva            28  118   25   48  10   1   9   19   2   1    6    7  .407
Harmon Killebrew      28  107   14   36   8   0   3   25   2   1   15   20  .336
Jim Holt              26   69    6   23   3   2   1   10   2   0    2    4  .333
Brant Alyea           20   48    4   16   4   0   0    9   0   1    7    6  .333
Steve Braun           22   42    9   14   2   0   0    7   1   0    5    2  .333
Cesar Tovar           28  119   16   35   7   0   0    5   4   2   13   11  .294
Leo Cardenas          30  108   11   29   7   0   2   18   1   0   11    6  .269
Rod Carew             25  100   14   25   4   0   1    8   1   1    4   10  .250
Rick Renick            8    8    1    2   1   0   0    4   0   0    2    1  .250
Danny Thompson        13   18    4    4   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    3  .222
George Mitterwald     26   68    2   15   3   0   0    1   0   0    8   14  .221
Rich Reese            28   86   10   15   1   0   0    6   1   0    7    7  .174
Paul Powell           16   29    7    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    3   12  .172
Chuck Manuel           8    6    0    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    3  .167
Tom Tischinski        11   14    0    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    3  .143
Paul Ratliff           8   18    2    2   0   0   1    4   0   0    2    7  .111

 New York             G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
John Ellis            11   24    4    8   1   0   1    3   0   0   11    2  .333
Bobby Murcer          27  100   14   33   4   2   3   16   4   1   15    9  .330
Roy White             25   87   14   25   3   2   6   16   2   3   13    9  .287
Horace Clarke         27  108   15   29   5   1   0    9   4   2   21    6  .269
Felipe Alou           20   79   11   20   3   1   3    9   2   1    8    8  .253
Gene Michael          25   80    6   20   4   0   0   12   2   2   14    8  .250
Danny Cater           27  114   13   28   4   1   0    8   0   1    3    7  .246
Ron Hansen            10   25    1    6   0   0   0    5   0   0    2    5  .240
Thurman Munson        17   64    7   15   1   2   1    9   2   1   10    4  .234
Ron Woods             15   23    3    5   0   0   0    1   0   0    2    0  .217
Curt Blefary          14   24    2    5   0   0   1    2   0   0    2    3  .208
Jake Gibbs            15   45    5    9   3   0   1    4   1   0    2    4  .200
Jerry Kenney          22   46    4    9   0   0   0    3   2   1    7    8  .196
Jim Lyttle             5   14    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .143
Frank Tepedino         5    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Frank Baker            4    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Oakland              G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Gene Tenace            8   21    4    6   1   0   0    3   0   0    5    1  .286
Joe Rudi              30  113   21   30   6   0   4   15   1   0   13   11  .266
Sal Bando             32  111   19   28   8   0   5   20   0   1   22   20  .252
Felipe Alou            2    8    0    2   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .250
Tommy Davis           14   25    1    6   3   0   0   10   0   0    4    2  .240
Don Mincher           28   92    9   22   6   1   2    8   1   1   20   14  .239
Reggie Jackson        32  125   16   29   6   0   5   15   5   2   14   40  .232
Rick Monday           26   83   12   19   3   0   3   10   2   2   18   23  .229
Dave Duncan           26   88    9   20   2   0   2    8   0   1    9   13  .227
Dick Green            31   99   14   22   2   0   4   17   1   0   18   22  .222
Bert Campaneris       30  130   15   28   6   0   0    6   8   3    6   15  .215
Angel Mangual         15   28    5    6   2   0   1    3   0   2    2    5  .214
Larry Brown            4   14    2    3   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .214
Steve Hovley          10   15    1    3   2   0   0    2   1   0    5    4  .200
Mike Epstein           1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000
Frank Fernandez        2    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    2  .000
Tony Larussa           6    2    2    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000
Ron Clark              2    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000

 Washington           G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   BB   SO   Avg
Del Unser             26   78    7   25   5   2   2    6   2   1    5   10  .321
Frank Howard          27  101   11   29   4   0   3    9   1   0   11   20  .287
Paul Casanova         19   64    6   18   5   1   1    8   0   1    2    6  .281
Bernie Allen          19   37    3   10   1   0   2    8   1   0    4    4  .270
Tommy McCraw          23   61   14   16   2   2   3    6   1   2    6    8  .262
Mike Epstein          24   85    6   21   1   1   1    9   1   0   12   31  .247
Joe Foy               25   79    7   18   5   0   0    9   2   1   13    6  .228
Toby Harrah           26   82    9   18   3   0   0    4   0   0    9   12  .220
Curt Flood            13   35    4    7   0   0   0    2   0   1    5    2  .200
Dick Billings         15   15    0    3   0   0   0    3   0   0    0    3  .200
Tim Cullen            29  112   12   22   1   1   1    9   0   0    6   10  .196
Elliott Maddox        22   48    6    8   0   1   0    5   0   1    9   12  .167
Jim French            13   37    6    6   2   0   0    4   0   2    7    5  .162
Don Wert               6   13    1    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    1    4  .154
Richie Scheinblum     22   43    5    6   2   0   0    4   0   0    8    4  .140
Tom Ragland            4    2    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000

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League Leaders

At Bats:

  S. Alomar (CAL)         133
  A. Johnson (CAL)        133
  B. Campaneris (OAK)     130
  F. Patek (KC)           128
  R. Jackson (OAK)        125
  C. Tovar (MIN)          119
  T. Oliva (MIN)          118
  B. Oliver (KC)          117
  C. Rojas (KC)           116
  J. Spencer (CAL)        116

Runs Scored:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           25
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     25
  D. Buford (BAL)          22
  J. Northrup (DET)        21
  J. Rudi (OAK)            21
  S. Bando (OAK)           19
  R. Smith (BOS)           18
  C. Rojas (KC)            17
  P. Schaal (KC)           17
  R. Jackson (OAK)         16

Hits:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           48
  C. Rojas (KC)            39
  H. Killebrew (MIN)       36
  J. Northrup (DET)        36
  C. Tovar (MIN)           35
  A. Johnson (CAL)         34
  R. Smith (BOS)           34
  B. Murcer (NY)           33
  F. Patek (KC)            33
  A. Otis (KC)             32

Doubles:

  T. Oliva (MIN)           10
  T. Conigliaro (CAL)       9
  S. Bando (OAK)            8
  H. Killebrew (MIN)        8
  J. Northrup (DET)         8
  C. Rojas (KC)             8
  M. Andrews (CHI)          7
  L. Cardenas (MIN)         7
  B. Melton (CHI)           7
  R. Smith (BOS)            7

Triples:

  P. Schaal (KC)            3
  S. Alomar (CAL)           2
  J. Holt (MIN)             2
  T. Kubiak (MIL)           2
  C. May (CHI)              2
  T. McCraw (WAS)           2
  T. Munson (NY)            2
  B. Murcer (NY)            2
  D. Unser (WAS)            2
  R. White (NY)             2

Home Runs:

  T. Oliva (MIN)            9
  B. Powell (BAL)           7
  N. Cash (DET)             6
  R. White (NY)             6
  S. Bando (OAK)            5
  W. Horton (DET)           5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  A. Otis (KC)              5
  R. Smith (BOS)            5
  J. Spencer (CAL)          5

RBI:

  H. Killebrew (MIN)       25
  B. Powell (BAL)          24
  J. Northrup (DET)        21
  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     21
  S. Bando (OAK)           20
  D. Johnson (BAL)         19
  T. Oliva (MIN)           19
  R. Smith (BOS)           19
  L. Cardenas (MIN)        18
  L. Aparicio (BOS)        17

Stolen Bases:

  V. Pinson (CLE)          10
  A. Otis (KC)              9
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       8
  S. Alomar (CAL)           5
  D. Buford (BAL)           5
  R. Jackson (OAK)          5
  J. Northrup (DET)         5
  F. Patek (KC)             5
  C. Rojas (KC)             5
  H. Clarke (NY)            4

Caught Stealing:

  L. Richard (CHI)          4
  M. Belanger (BAL)         3
  B. Campaneris (OAK)       3
  W. Horton (DET)           3
  J. Keough (KC)            3
  R. Reichardt (CHI)        3
  R. White (NY)             3
  H. Clarke (NY)            2
  A. Etchebarren (BAL)      2
  T. Ford (CLE)             2

Walks:

  C. Yastrzemski (BOS)     26
  R. Petrocelli (BOS)      23
  S. Bando (OAK)           22
  G. Nettles (CLE)         22
  H. Clarke (NY)           21
  A. Kaline (DET)          21
  P. Schaal (KC)           21
  D. Mincher (OAK)         20
  D. Green (OAK)           18
  R. Monday (OAK)          18

Strikeouts:

  R. Jackson (OAK)         40
  M. Epstein (OAK)         33
  B. Oliver (KC)           30
  R. Monday (OAK)          23
  D. Green (OAK)           22
  T. Harper (MIL)          22
  S. Bando (OAK)           20
  W. Horton (DET)          20
  F. Howard (WAS)          20
  A. Johnson (CAL)         20

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